I don't resent working long hours. I shouldn't- I'm the one who set up my life this way. I love to work.… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
I know it's easier to portray a world filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence...It's an easy out.… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Certainly I've lived my whole life through my imagination. But the world of imagination is there for all of us--a sense of… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
I believe that life is basically a process of growth-that we go through many lives, choosing those situations and problems that we will learn… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Cara: *Flies* Gen: What? I don't have wings! Cara: Ofcourse not! You're a boy. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
When The Muppet Show ended, we all sat around and said, what kind of television show would we like to do. We felt the… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working. — Jim Henson Copy Share Image